http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on health and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/news/ Low-tech 'cool boxes' that extend the shelf life of malaria tests in remote Cambodian clinics are being rolled out across the nation.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/cambodia-finds-cool-solution-for-clinic-storage-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 03 Feb 2010 09:00:00 GMTDengue cases are almost five times more frequent than they were in the 1980s — and the disease is getting more severe, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/dengue-fever-surges-in-americas-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthTue, 02 Feb 2010 04:52:30 GMTA Nature editorial praises GlaxoSmithKline for sharing its database of potential malaria drugs and urges others to follow suit.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/glaxo-sets-example-to-other-drug-companies.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthTue, 02 Feb 2010 03:40:58 GMTA model of HIV care developed in Haiti and successfully adapted in Lesotho reveals the importance of South–South collaboration, says a study.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/south-south-collaboration-important-in-managing-hiv-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthTue, 02 Feb 2010 08:09:55 GMTThe Gates Foundation will invest an additional US$10 billion towards the development and delivery of vaccines in the next ten years.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/gates-promises-us-10-billion-for-vaccine-push.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthMon, 01 Feb 2010 06:00:31 GMTTwo studies show that a vaccine against one of the leading causes of diarrhoea is effective in poor countries.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/rotavirus-vaccine-could-save-millions-of-lives.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthMon, 01 Feb 2010 05:35:26 GMTThe health financing giant the Global Fund may have to carry out some unprecedented belt-tightening as demand outstrips its budget.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/cash-crisis-for-global-health-fund.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthThu, 28 Jan 2010 02:51:51 GMTMany bednets, distributed to protect people from nightly mosquito bites, are discarded after six months, a study shows.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/poor-swiftly-tire-of-bednets-study-finds.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 27 Jan 2010 02:42:46 GMTAfrica to get access to world-class labs, sunflower genome mapping could boost agriculture, gorillas carry malaria parasites, and more.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/sub-saharan-africa-news-in-brief-14-27-january-2010-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 27 Jan 2010 12:23:52 GMTSwitching the funding spotlight from health to climate change will help neither cause, Bill Gates has argued in his annual letter.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/don-t-sacrifice-health-in-climate-battle-warns-gates.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthTue, 26 Jan 2010 05:39:09 GMTLivestock markets are behind the spread of sleeping sickness in Uganda, say researchers, despite efforts to treat cattle.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/livestock-trade-is-culprit-in-sleeping-sickness-spread-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthFri, 22 Jan 2010 03:54:25 GMTGlaxoSmithKline announced yesterday that it will provide open access to 13,500 promising malaria drug candidates.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/glaxo-to-share-malaria-drug-data.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthThu, 21 Jan 2010 05:20:05 GMTResearchers and donors are not giving nutrition the attention it deserves, says Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/biomed-analysis-don-t-overlook-nutrition-in-disease-fight.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthThu, 21 Jan 2010 02:26:15 GMTA healthy diet is more than just calories. Priya Shetty gets the figures on the cost of poor nutrition — and the scale of the challenge.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/the-challenge-of-improving-nutrition-facts-and-figures-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 20 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMTScience can help design strategies to tackle malnutrition. The challenge is turning this knowledge into action.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/urgent-action-needed-to-tackle-malnutrition.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 20 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMTDeveloping countries urgently need nutritional interventions to safeguard vulnerable people during economic crises, writes Suresh Babu.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/nutritional-security-is-in-the-balance.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 20 Jan 2010 09:59:00 GMTUnderstanding how carbon dioxide impacts food quality is vital to tackle malnutrition effectively, says agricultural researcher Lewis Ziska.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/the-hidden-hunger-caused-by-climate-change.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 20 Jan 2010 09:58:00 GMTGM crops were supposed to rescue the world's one billion undernourished people. Carol Campbell discusses whether they will ever curb hunger.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/can-gm-crops-feed-the-hungry-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 20 Jan 2010 09:58:00 GMTMicronutrients help fight disease — it's time to turn knowledge into action, say nutrition researchers Andrew Thorne-Lyman and Wafaie Fawzi.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/nutrition-key-to-cutting-infection-rates.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 20 Jan 2010 09:57:00 GMTWe must focus on food safety as well as nutrition to feed the hungry — but there are many barriers to safe eating, writes the WHO's Jørgen Schlundt.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/food-safety-is-critical-to-nutrition-security.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_healthWed, 20 Jan 2010 09:56:00 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/